a big cockroach ran out so i stepped on him, which is one reason i always wear flip flops in the house.
i was thinking, just add that to the "list of things i never thought i'd get used to".
then i was thinking that yesterday, i told darren that i killed a giant spider in the bathroom, a spider that was so big that i could see it on the floor without my glasses, so you know it was ginormous.
he said you know those are cockroach eating spiders. uuuuh, even with the fridge episode tonight, i was thinking, i can kill the roach more easily than i can tolerate the spider.
anyway, i got my glasses to sweep up the dead cockroach from the fridge and it was then that i realized it was that little baby gecko who's been hanging around, the one who lost his tail, that i stepped on and squished.
i know, ewwwww, right.
another thing to add to the "list ".
i was super busy over christmas, plus they sent all the kids home with caregivers so they could be home with their families on christmas eve and christmas day. i brought home little isiah who will be 2 months old next week. here are a couple pics of him in the apartment.
he is still waking every few hours to eat and DANG do i feel old because i just can't keep up with that routine!
isabell returned to germany for the holidays and will be back here in the philippines at the end of january, so i am staying in her apartment til she gets back. that is where these photos were taken, and right next to the crib is the fridge from the gecko debacle.
tonight i am going to bed early but i promise i'll get christmas photos up tomorrow. and by early, i mean right now, and it's 8:30.
in the mean time, this is one of baby joy that someone took when they were giving out stockings that were donated to the kids at the baby home.
you see why i feel lucky and blessed every day, don't you.
:o)
jo
A Gecko....ooooooooh! LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice Christmas, I worried a little about you feeling homesick. I'm betting you did, but little Isaiah probably helped in his own way.
The look on baby Joy's face is priceless. It seems the children are about 2 or 3 or older before they are adopted. It is just burocracy, or is there something more to it? I find myself fascinated by all of this and thirsting for information. If I were younger, you'd be bringing me home one of those babies.
I may talk to my daughter Brenda about adopting from there. Seriously she wants a baby, but she is 38 and they are just talking marriage now. So she feels she's to old to get thru a pregnancy. So adoption may be her answer. Love you sister, have a wonderful New year! L
hi laurie! right after christmas pics, i will do a post about the adoption process. you nailed it, the paperwork is the hold-up. the average stay for our kids at the baby home is 18 months. we had a little girl who went home to spain with her family right before christmas . . . they were matched last march. typical bureaucracy and very sad for everyone involved.
ReplyDeletethe law in the philippines is that you can be no more than 45 years older than the child you adopt. so a 50 year old can adopt a child 5 years or older.
so you still have some opportunities, girlfriend . . . :o)
Thanks for the explanation. I figured paperwork was the hold up. I am working on Brenda...lol
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